well what I know about modes so far, is that it's starting on a different note than the root and ending in that note? It's playing for example a Gmajor over and E minor chord, but i'm not sure as to why etc, also I'm still lost about how the modes make up chords. Also i'm not sure how to apply them to minor chord progressions
Ok, this is a good starting point but the best is to see each more as a different scale, with different intervals and sound. You said that you are already comfortable with major modes, let's start working with one of the minor ones. Let's start with Dorian.
If we see each mode as a different scale, it's also true that we can harmonize in thirds each of the notes and get 7 chords that belong to Dorian tonality. This means that you don't only can create "dorian" melodies over a minor chord, you can also build dorian progressions.
The first main thing that you have to get is the sound of the mode. We won't think on any other scale, just dorian mode, a mode/scale that is formed by a Root, major 2nd, minor 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, major 6th and minor 7th.
This means that D dorian would be:
D E F G A B CPlease read and work on this thread:
DorianJust listen to this lesson where you will hear a D Dorian progression:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/misc-less...rd-progression/ Can you get the vibe of the more there?
IMPROVISATION EXERCISE IN E DORIAN:Let's use this E dorian backing track to practice the scale, play the notes up an down, listen how it sound, try to create phrases, record yourself and post your recording here. The chords are: //: Em7 / G A7 / Em7 / G A7 ://